AAP MLA Atishi tests positive for COVID-19

Atishi, who developed mild fever, on Wednesday became the third AAP MLA to test positive for COVID-19 in the national capital.

The test was conducted after the 39-year-old MLA complained of a mild fever and cough on Tuesday. She is in home isolation, as she has only mild symptoms.

She is the third AAP MLA, others being Vishesh Ravi (Karol Bagh) and Rajkumar Anand (Patel Nagar), to have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, "Atishi-ji has played an important role in the fight against Corona. I hope that she will be healthy as soon as possible once again."

AAP chief spokerson and Greater Kailash MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj tweeted, "Get well soon Atishi and Akshay Marathe, recover soon from COVID-19". Marathe, who also tested positive for COVID-19, is a close aide of Atishi.

Delhi has reported 44,688 COVID-19 cases as on June 16, of which 24,844 or 55.59 per cent of the total cases were reported in June alone.